HAIFA — Leading researchers, healthcare professionals and supporters gathered at the Rambam Health Care Campus for its annual healthcare summit recently where they showcased some of the most …
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6/16/16
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When Elena Meirzadeh immigrated to Israel from Iran with her family at the age of 12, her priorities were perfecting her Hebrew and acclimating to life in a new country.
Despite the language …
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By Michele Chabin, for American Committee for Weizmann Institute of Science
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2/22/18
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Parkinson’s disease is a complex, progressive neurological disorder affecting up to 10 million people. And it is fast growing in prevalence worldwide.
April 11, the birthday of James …
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By Abigail Klein Leichman, Israel21C
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4/7/21
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In Israel, it’s an unwritten rule to stuff your baby with the country’s favorite snack — peanut-flavored Bamba — as soon as is humanly possible in a bid to prevent them …
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By Naama Barak, Israel21c
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8/27/21
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On The Jewish Star's cover this week, 13 rabbis from the Five Towns and Far Rockaway each say a few words meant to encourage members of their shuls and the entire community to get vaccinated now. While each rabbi speaks individually, they are really speaking with one voice.
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9/2/21
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July 2, 2010 / 20 Tammuz 5770
The drowning deaths of a three-year-old girl and her nanny in a backyard pool in the Lawrence neighborhood of Sutton Park left the Five …
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By The Jewish Star Staff
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7/2/10
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A few weeks ago, I led a workshop about Judaism, food and bodies for a mostly female, mostly 20s and 30s audience. Being a chef, social worker and Jewish youth professional, this was my idea of group …
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By Stephanie Goldfarb, Kveller via JTA
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3/29/17
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Chicken soup is known as the “Jewish penicillin,” but there’s much more to the deep connection between the Jewish experience and healing, argues a new exhibit.
“Medicine …
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By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman
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3/31/16
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Every year, Magen David Adom in Israel tends to wounds that occur as a result of pre-Passover cleaning and other holiday preparations. The first case of the year took place this week.
MDA teams in …
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3/30/17
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TEL AVIV—Beyond the scent of potent cannabis drifting about the venue, there was an extra buzz in the air this year at Israel’s third annual CannaTech medical marijuana innovation …
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By Adam Abrams, JNS.org
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3/30/17
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